Coronavirus: French evacuees from China test negative for virus
- Some 250 people were flown to France on Sunday, the second evacuation from China the country has carried out
- This second flight was carrying people of 30 different nationalities, most of them European
A total of 254 people arrived in France on Sunday from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the deadly virus was first detected, on the second such flight.
Thirty-six of those on board displayed symptoms of the coronavirus, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Sunday.
Sixteen of those were flown back to their respective countries, but about 20 stayed at Istres airport in the south of France to undergo further testing. They included French and non-European nationals.
“All these tests were negative and so all these persons were able to go to the [two] centres” in the south of France where they will remain in quarantine for 14 days, junior health minister Adrien Taquet told BFMTV Monday.
Tests were conducted on “persons, who when they boarded the plane, had some symptoms”, which are similar to those for a cold, and “had to be checked when the plane landed,” said Taquet.
